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Topic: Casting of the Twins - wip (Read 4648 times)

It's generally not a high quality product as far as resins go, so there's good reason to dislike it.

It's good to get your feet wet though, it's where a lot of folks get into this part of the hobby, but for me I was intro'd to smooth-on, and I've diversified from there so I learned about other aspects of casting, other products, etc... Then I've just learned on my own through trial and error, read up on things when I can, gotten to know professionals and their uses and methods...

I don't know that you'll find the set useful or not Paul. I know many have found that kit to be a cheap way to start though, and get a feel for what you're doing.

well said JJ, its a good place to start. I started with it. I didnt like it, but it served its purposes as a stepping stone to bigger and better materials.

It will get you familiar with the process of making molds and casting parts..which is valuble experience.

As i stated, even thought its inteded for layer by layer, you can fill a mold box with it and let it dry for a couple days. It will work. My first coins were done that way, before i experimented with RTV.

I don't want to speak for Glassman, but I can tell you that he's told me that he pours it on with a spoon. I can tell you from personal experience (just doing it the last two weeks) that you can pour this on and gently remove any bubbles at the surface. Its much easier than painting on latex (which I've also tried).

And Glass's tutorial is pretty perfect with pictures too, so that's a great link to have handy to keep you going... Definitely helpful to casting if you've never done it. Very visually explainable which can really help.

I got my silcone and plastic today in the mail. Very quick turn around from smooth-on. They told me about a distributor of theirs in North Hollywood so next time I can get it next day. Three days isn't bad though. Now I just got to wait for the twins to show up from jedijaybird. I should be casting this saturday.

Well, it seems jedijaybird is ignoring my PMs and emails about sending the twins to me for casting. I know he is here since he posts everywhere on this board daily. I just don't understand why he won't respond to me. Anyway, its been two weeks since he said he would send them out for casting.

So does anyone have a set of the twins that I can cast for everybody? I know there is lot of interest in getting these things casted but I just don't understand why jedijaybird won't respond.